advantage of it. T;hey may then be expected to store the largest 

 quantity of honey possible. A good system of swarm' control can, usual- 

 ly, be relied on to accbmpUsh this. If the bees swarm, as they gen- 

 erally do under ordihary eircumstwnces, when left to their own ^devices, 

 Just before, or at some period during this honey flow, the crop will be 

 nearly all lost to the beekeeper, unless the colony is built up again, as 

 near as can be, to its original strength, before swarming. Failing this 

 the bulk of the honey that is gathered is used up by the bees in the 

 production of teood- and more bee's, , instead of being stored in the 

 supers. 



Some beekeepers make the mistake of dividing their colonies just 

 before the honey flow and thereby lose the honey crop. 



Methods of Swarm Control Found to Be -Satisfactory. 

 The one that is mostly used is known as the Demaree plan, and 



is operated as follows:' Just before the ^colony 

 is ready to swarm put all the brood, excepting 

 one or two frames, in a second story over a 

 queen excluder, (two frames seem to be the 

 best, as otherwise the bees may neglect the 

 queen), leaving the queen ielow with the one 

 or two frames of brood, the vacancies at the, 

 sides being filled with empty combs, failing 

 which full sheets of foundation. Cut- out all 



Demaree Plan 



Super 



8 fralnes of 

 brood and 2 

 frames of drawn 

 comb, one on 

 each side. 



VV^lre Queen 



Excluder 



' 2 frames of^ 

 -brood and -Queen 

 in centre of 8 

 frames of drawn 

 comb. 



queen cells at the same time, if there are any, 

 and search for and destroy any queen cells, 

 on the eighth or ninth day afterwards, that 

 may be found in the second story. The brood 

 frames in the second story, as soon as the 

 brood hatches out, will be used by the bees 

 for storing honey. Add other supers above 



the second story, as needed. 



Another method, which is a variation of the Demaree plan is 

 worked as follows: 



When the bees cover all the frames in the brood chamber, some 

 time in May, find the queen and place her with two frames of brood 

 in the centre of a second story, oyer a queen excluder, adding" empty 

 combs, or frames containing full sheets of foundation, at the sides. 

 Put in frames containing built out combs or full sheets of foundation, 

 at the sides of the brood combs left below. The bees will usually build 

 queen cells below the excluder, all but one of which should be destroyed 

 on the eighth or ninth day afterwards. After the young queen has 

 hatched below, andj is mated and laying, the old queen above can be 

 removed, if she is provided with two or three frames of. brood and 



put Into a fresh hive on a. new stand this 

 will' make a good nucleus. The old queen, 

 however, can be left" until the combs below 

 are partly filled with brood. By this method, 

 if carefully followed, it is scarcely possible for 

 the bees to swarm, the old queen being above 

 the excluder, with ample room for, egg paying. 

 A powerful colony can by this means be built 

 up in readiness for the honey flow in July, 

 and a young queen assiired to each hive so' 

 treated every year. After the did queen 

 is removed from the second story queen 

 cells may possibly be built there. If so these 

 should be destroyed oh the eighth or ninth 

 day afterwards. ' A colony headed by a queen 

 of the current year does not swarm as a 

 general rule. Bees will sometimes not build 

 queen cells when an all-wire queen excluder Is 

 used, but will more often do so, either above, 

 or below, a zinc excluder, if there is brood in 

 the queenless part. 

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Variation of Demaree 

 Plan 



Super 



2 frames of 

 brood and Queen 

 in centre of 8 

 frames of drawn 

 comb. 



Zinc Queen 



Excluder 



8 frames of 

 brood and 2 

 frames of drawn 

 comb, one on 

 each side. 



